Chapter 10
Julian let out a guttural roar of agony as his knee buckled, sending him crashing to the floor beside her.
His gun clattered across the wet concrete, rolling toward the edge of the pier above the dark water.
Evelyn clawed her way along the floor, using every ounce of upper-body strength to reach the weapon.
Her legs burned with a agonizing, electric fire as dormant nerve pathways began to reawaken violently.
She dragged her lower body forward, her long blonde hair plastered to her face with sweat and rain.
Julian crawled after her, cursing wildly as he grabbed the hem of her dark raincoat.
"You're nothing without me, Evelyn!" Julian shouted, trying to pull her back toward him.
Evelyn kicked back with her left leg, her foot connecting squarely with Julian's broken nose.
Julian groaned, releasing his grip as blood spurted across his charcoal suit lapel.
Evelyn reached the edge of the pier and grabbed the cold steel handgun with both hands.
She rolled onto her back, aiming the weapon straight at Julian's chest as he tried to stand.
"Stay down!" Evelyn screamed, her voice echoing over the crashing waves of the river.
Julian froze, wiping blood from his face while staring at her in absolute disbelief.
"You can't walk, Evelyn," Julian sneered, trying to regain his composure despite his injury.
"Your body is broken without my medicine."
"My body was never broken," Evelyn countered, her voice dropping to a icy, dangerous whisper.
"You broke my life, Julian... but that ends tonight."
Footsteps echoed from the street outside as police sirens began wailing in the distance.
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Elena had managed to reach a payphone on the main road and call the NYPD emergency line.
Julian looked toward the entrance, realizing his time had officially run out.
